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The aborigine and the hunted head

NCL Special Collection / 4212 / Printed in Taipei, Taiwan / About 1910s / 《Faces of the Century (Part I)》

The original title was "The head-hunting ceremony of the raw barbarian". However, the building in the back is of Han style and the aborigines doesn't hold head hunting ceremony here. He might be asking for reward from the Japanese official.